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F-16 crashes at Utah Test and Training Range

F-16 crashes at Utah Test and Training Range

An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing, crashed at the Utah Test and Training Range at approximately 8:35 a.m. May 4. At the time of the accident, there was one person on board. The pilot successfully ejected and is being evaluated by medical personnel. Emergency response teams from here are [...]

Aviation & Air Force News Monday, May 7th, 2012

Egypt military announce third overnight curfew

Egypt military announce third overnight curfew

Egypt’s ruling military will impose an overnight curfew on Sunday in the defence ministry district for a third night following deadly clashes with protesters, the official MENA news agency said . The curfew will go into effect between 2100 GMT on Sunday and 0400 GMT on Monday, the official said. The Abbassiya district of the [...]

Defense & Security News Monday, May 7th, 2012

North African fighters joining AQIM in Mali

North African fighters joining AQIM in Mali

About a hundred fighters from across North Africa have joined the ranks of an Al-Qaeda offshoot which now dominates northern Mali, a Malian defence ministry official said on Sunday. “According to our figures, about 100 north Africans, essentially from Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, have joined the ranks of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb,” a Malian [...]

Defense & Security News Monday, May 7th, 2012

US Launches Advanced Military Communications Satellite

US Launches Advanced Military Communications Satellite

The United States Air Force has launched an advanced communications satellite, the second in a new satellite network designed to improve U.S. ability to control its military forces around the globe, the Space.com online portal reported. An Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 (AEHF 2) satellite on board blasted off from [...]

Defense Technology News Monday, May 7th, 2012

IDF Receives Fourth Dolphin Submarine

IDF Receives Fourth Dolphin Submarine

In a ceremony conducted today in HDW shipyards in the city of Kiel, Germany, Israel assumed control of a fourth Dolphin-class submarine. The submarine, titled the Tanin (Crocodile), was inaugurated by Israeli and German officials, who broke a bottle of champagne on the submarine’s outer hull. It was officially handed over to the Ministry of [...]

Navy & Maritime Security News Monday, May 7th, 2012

Russia warns it may target US missile shield

Russia warns it may target US missile shield

Russia said Thursday its dispute with the United States over missile defence was near a “dead end” and warned it might have to deploy new rockets in Europe to take out elements of the controversial shield. “We have not been able to find mutually-acceptable solutions at this point and the situation is practically at a [...]

Missiles & Bombs News Friday, May 4th, 2012

Uncovering the colorless core of the Army’s network

Uncovering the colorless core of the Army’s network

The name may sound like some super hero power taken from the pages of a comic book, but the “colorless core” is carrying the Army’s network into the future, enabling Soldiers to send information across the battlefield securely and efficiently, even when on the move. “Think of the colorless core as cloaking device for data,” [...]

Defense Technology News Friday, May 4th, 2012

Tablet PC to replace paper for Network Integration Evaluation

Tablet PC to replace paper for Network Integration Evaluation

The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command is beginning to replace paper with digital data collection options in preparation for the next Network Integration Evaluation at White Sands Missile Range this May. NIE’s are large scale evaluation events designed to mature the Army’s tactical network, a wireless computer network that provides the Soldier with new [...]

Army & Land Forces News Friday, May 4th, 2012

Australia hits back at defence cuts criticism

Australia hits back at defence cuts criticism

Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith was Friday forced to defend deep spending cuts after the announcement was called the worst day for national security since the Vietnam war ended in 1975. Smith on Thursday announced a delay in the order of 12 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets by two years to save money in an [...]

Defense & Security News Friday, May 4th, 2012

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